represents multinational corporations and financial institutions in acquisitions and sales of public and private companies and their assets, solicited and unsolicited transactions, takeover defense strategies, joint ventures and corporate governance matters.

is a partner in the Capital Markets and Finance Groups who advises investment banks and private corporations in a variety of leveraged finance transactions—including high yield bonds, syndicated bank loans, tender offers and restructurings.

is a partner in the International Arbitration Group at Shearman & Sterling and has extensive experience in international arbitration and litigation, representing private and governmental clients in disputes before ICC, AAA, ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitral tribunals, NAFTA Chapter 19 dispute resolution panels, and U.S. federal courts.

is a Project Development & Finance partner in New York, concentrating on infrastructure transactions and representing owners, off-takers, suppliers, engineering firms, consultants, financial advisors, contractors, operators, underwriters, lenders and multi-lateral agencies in the development, acquisition, restructuring and privatization of projects around the world.

Donald N. Lamson

Donald N. Lamson, of counsel and head of the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group in the Washington, D.C. office, advises international banks and financial institutions on bank regulatory and supervisory issues involving derivative activities, capital markets, M&A, changes in control, investments, internal investigations, enforcement and consumer compliance. He also advises various financial market participants on the implementation and impact of the Volcker Rule as well as other aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, he spent 30 years at the OCC, the regulator of national banks. Detailed to the Treasury Department, he helped draft the Administration’s proposal for financial reform, which later became the Dodd-Frank Act, including the Volcker Rule.

Selected Experience

An international investment bank on the possible disposal of its global fund management businesses

Independent directors of JP Morgan Chase in connection with its CIO trading matter

Co-author, “Too Early to Tell If Dodd-Frank Ends ‘Too Big To Fail’” (May 28, 2013); referred to in post in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (Jun. 15, 2013) (with Bradley K. Sabel and David L. Portilla)